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I can't seem to get my USB drive to format anymore or be recognized by the file system (including gparted). How do I just wipe the whole thing and start over!?
dmesg
[ 5036.408102] usb 2-3: new high-speed USB device number 10 using ehci-pci
[ 5036.541307] usb 2-3: New USB device found, idVendor=14cd, idProduct=125a
[ 5036.541317] usb 2-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=3, SerialNumber=2
[ 5036.541324] usb 2-3: Product: Mass Storage Device
[ 5036.541329] usb 2-3: Manufacturer: Generic
[ 5036.541335] usb 2-3: SerialNumber: 812520090519
[ 5036.542113] scsi7 : usb-storage 2-3:1.0
[ 5037.540969] scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access USB Mass Storage Device PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
[ 5037.543899] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[ 5037.545946] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
fdisk
$ sudo fdisk /dev/sd
sda sda1 sda2 sda3 sda5 sda6 sdb
$ sudo fdisk /dev/sdb
fdisk: unable to open /dev/sdb: No medium found
dd
$ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=1M
dd: opening ‘/dev/sdb’: No medium found
If you still have this problem look at this: http://superuser.com/a/974426/289479
– Ifch0o1 – 2015-09-17T16:28:19.2072It seems to be that it is finished and cannot be used any more. – Xavierjazz – 2013-11-27T03:48:32.623
Is it making any weird sounds? Can you hear the heads moving? I guess
smartctl /dev/sdb
doesn't work either? – terdon – 2013-11-27T04:00:30.7131It's a micro SD card and has no palette – Eric Fossum – 2013-11-27T04:06:08.863